"I knew he was going to be here, but I didn’t know he was going to be on the stand when we lifted the trophy, so I was a bit confused," Palmer said.

Paris looked good in the opening round, only losing to Botafogo while winning Group B. Then, they hammered the likes of Inter Miami, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to get the final match, outscoring their opponents 10-0 in the knockout stage thus far.